PM received detailed report about firefighting operation in Baluchistan

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday received a detailed report about the ongoing fire-fighting operation to control the wildfire in Baluchistan.   According to the report presented by the provincial government to PM, rescue measures to check the wildfire in Baluchistan’s Sherani and Musakhel districts have been beefed up on the direction of the […]

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ESUP enters agreement with UK varsity on education

KARACHI:English Speaking Union of Pakistan has entered an agreement with Queen Mary University of London, one of United Kingdoms’s oldest universities, to promote collaboration in education.   In line with this development , Professor Colin Grant, Vice-President for International Affairs at Queen Mary, is on maiden visit to Karachi.   An extensive programme has been […]

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DC stresses 100 percent coverage in polio immunization drive

SUKKUR:Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sukkur, Javed Ahmed on Tuesday stressed the need to ensure 100 per cent coverage during the on going anti-polio drive to vaccinate all children in order to protect them from the fatal disease.   While presiding over a meeting at his office, the deputy commissioner asked the health department to effectively run […]

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Imran announces to lead long march from KP

PESHAWAR:Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday announced that he would lead the long march to Islamabad from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.   Addressing a press conference here, Imran Khan claimed that a large number of people, including women and youth from all the provinces would march towards the Federal Capital […]

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EPD DG visits Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development

FAISALABAD:Environment Protection Department (EPD) Director General Ambreen Sajid Tuesday visited Chinese Unit Lead Acid Battery in Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development, a Management Company and a soap factory on Sargodha Road.   She checked experimental labs in both factories and reviewed the working in the labs.   She also listened to the problems of industrialists and […]

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Traders want relief in coming budget: Khawaja Suleman Siddique

MULTAN:Central Chairman of ‘Anjuman Tanzeem Tajraan’ Khawaja Suleman Siddique urged the government to provide relief to traders in the upcoming budget and avoid imposing new taxes.   In a statement issued here, Khawaja Suleman Siddique observed that budget should be prepared in consultation with traders.   He advocated policies for the benefit of small traders. […]

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DC chairs meeting to review 5-day anti-polio drive

ABBOTTABAD:Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad Tariq Salam Marwat on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the 5-day long anti-polio drive and directed the magistrates to ensure cooperation with the health department for monitoring of anti-polio teams and vaccination of the children in their respective areas.   He further said that all parents should immunize their under 5 […]

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HEC Deputy Secy visits examination centers

FAISALABAD:Higher Education Commission Deputy Secretary Ali Raza Rizvi on Tuesday visited different  examination centers set up for matric (10th) class annual examinations.  He went to examination centers at Govt Technical High School Peoples Colony and Govt  College for Women Peoples Colony and checked the arrangements including light in  examination rooms, drinking water and security measures.  […]

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